The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 889 It turns out to be an acquaintance

The mayor returned to the town, and about an hour later, a covered carriage drove out of the town, and the carriage drove towards this side.

After stopping, the mayor got off the carriage first, and then two women got off the carriage.

The older one was the mayor's woman, and another pretty young woman followed.

When the woman saw the black uniform of the Taohuashan guerrillas worn by Wang Zhankui, Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others, her eyes lit up obviously, as if she had something to say.

But when he saw Zhou Mingshan beside Wang Zhankui, the commander of the Guo army, and the soldiers of the Guo army holding weapons, his eyes were full of doubts.

Zhou Mingshan is an old spy, and he is good at detecting subtle changes in other people's demeanor and behavior.

The information revealed by the woman's expression made Zhou Mingshan sure that this woman must have met those who pretended to be Taohuashan guerrillas.

The mayor said to the woman: "Li Xiugu, these Taohuashan guerrillas want to ask you something."

Li Xiugu glanced at Zhou Mingshan and the Guojun officers and soldiers warily, and said hesitantly, "I don't know anyone from the Taohuashan guerrillas."

Ning Wen had already received an explanation from Zhou Mingshan in advance. He stepped forward and said kindly with a smile on his face: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be afraid. We are really members of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and the people from the Guojun side are with us." Those who went into the mountains to explore iron ore, Captain Li of our guerrilla team, they are the advance troops we sent. I don’t know why, maybe the radio they carry is broken. I can’t find them, and I’m worried that something will happen to them. I therefore ask you for their whereabouts."

As Ning Wen spoke, he watched Li Xiugu's expression.

He saw that the woman's face blushed slightly when he mentioned Captain Li, and he concluded that this woman must know the so-called Captain Li.

However, this woman may have been told by Captain Li not to let her mention them outside, so the woman shook her head and said, "I really don't know Captain Li."

Zhou Mingshan came forward, with the same smile on his face, and said kindly: "We are looking for them. We really have something very important. There is a wave of Japanese who have quietly come to this area. They also want to enter the mountain to find iron ore. , We are very worried about the safety of Captain Li and the others. If they encounter those Japanese devils, something will happen to them. We came to them because we couldn't get in touch with them and we were worried that something would happen to them."

Zhou Mingshan thinks that the reason why this woman is covering for the so-called Captain Li may be that there is a special relationship between the two.He deliberately said such words to test Li Xiugu's attitude.

Sure enough, Li Xiugu's face turned pale when she heard that Captain Li and the others might be in danger.

Zhou Mingshan took advantage of the situation and said: "Captain Li said in the telegram earlier that he got help from a woman, so he must have been a slut. Now they are in danger, please lead the way, we hurry to rescue them."

Wang Zhankui also stepped forward and said: "I am the third leader of the Taohuashan guerrillas. Captain Li is my subordinate. I can't contact him now. I am very worried about their safety. Please show us a way. I will definitely reward you heavily."

With that said, he took out ten oceans and handed them to the woman.

Ten Dayang is a lot of money, Xiugu is obviously tempted, and now she also believes that Wang Zhankui and others are really members of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and they are the third leaders in the words of Captain Li.

So she took those oceans, put them away carefully, and said, "Third masters, I can take you to Captain Li, but there is one thing I want you to decide for me."

Wang Zhankui said: "If you have any requirements, just ask, as long as I can do it, I will promise you everything."

Li Xiugu's face turned red, and she said to Wang Zhankui, "Third Master, I want to talk to you alone, is that okay?"

Wang Zhankui said: "Of course, you can come with me." He walked to the side of the road.

Li Xiugu followed and whispered something in Wang Zhankui's ear.

Wang Zhankui nodded and said, "Don't worry. If he dares not agree, I will kill him myself."

Li Xiugu agreed to lead the way for everyone. In order not to burden her and save time, a guerrilla brought a horse for Li Xiugu to ride.

They didn't go into the town, they walked around the town directly towards the mountains.After walking for more than ten miles, I came to the foot of the mountain.

Li Xiugu pointed to a valley leading into the mountain and said: "Go forward for more than a mile from here, and then go up the mountain from there. There is a small temple behind the mountain. Captain Li and the others live there."

Wang Zhankui looked at his watch. It was 4:30 in the afternoon and the sky was still very bright. If he entered the mountain at this time, it would be easy to be spotted.The terrain on the mountain is complicated, and it will be troublesome if someone runs away.

He ordered to stop and rest, and told Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others to follow the direction pointed by the woman and surround the small temple on the mountain from all sides.

About an hour later, calls from Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others came from the walkie-talkie, saying that they had arrived at the designated location and had also seen the small temple on the mountain. escape.

Wang Zhankui, Zhou Mingshan and others followed Li Xiugu into the valley, walked about 700 meters, and began to climb up the mountain along a trail.

After about 20 minutes, everyone climbed up the hillside and saw a small temple there.

Wang Zhankui said to Li Xiugu, "Don't go there. If there are Japanese there, you will be in danger."

Li Xiugu felt that there was something wrong with these people. She had a good impression of Captain Li, so she wanted to inform them.

She said: "There must be no Japanese. Look at the half-closed rear window behind the temple, which means nothing happened to them. How about I go and have a look first?"

Wang Zhankui said without looking back, "You don't want to go."

Li Xiugu wanted to say something, but a guerrilla came over and stopped her.

Wang Zhankui notified Ning Wen, Ning Wu and the others through the radio, and then they surrounded the small temple from all sides.

At this time, a person came out of the small temple, who seemed to have just woken up, stretched his waist, and yawned.

Suddenly he found someone walking towards the small temple. He looked around, and there were many people surrounded by guns.He hurried back to the house.

The guerrillas already knew that these people were carrying guns, and they were very careful. They found cover and hid when they reached a distance of 60 to [-] meters from the small temple.

Ning Wen shouted: "Listen, people inside, you are surrounded, come out and surrender quickly. Otherwise, you will be shot to death."

After 1 minute, the people inside did not move, and they did not shoot outside.Obviously, seeing the situation outside, they didn't want to shoot and anger the other party, but they were hesitating, maybe they were discussing what to do.

Ning Wu got a little impatient waiting, he said: "People in the temple, look here, I will give you one more minute, if you don't come out again, I will directly blow the temple down for you."

Beside Ning Wu, two guerrillas set up 82mm recoilless guns.

The people in the temple obviously saw the black muzzle of the cannon pointing at them, and they knew that resistance was futile, and if they didn't come out and surrender, they would definitely die.

Then someone shouted: "Heroes outside, please don't fire, we surrender."

These guys knew the rules. They threw their guns out of the temple gate first, and someone shouted: "Good guys, please don't shoot. We're coming out."

Soon four people came out of it. They were indeed wearing black uniforms. The uniforms were basically the same as those of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Some of the surrounding guerrillas stayed in place and continued to aim at these people and the small temple with their guns to prevent accidents.Three guerrillas walked over with their guns in their hands, searched those people and went to the temple to check them again. Then they indicated that there was no problem, and Wang Zhankui, Zhou Mingshan and others walked over.

When Wang Zhankui came to these people, he saw that the clothes these people were wearing were somewhat similar to those of the Taohuashan guerrillas, but there were certain differences.Their clothing is rough in workmanship, and there is a big gap with the exquisite workmanship of Taohuashan guerrilla clothing.The Taohuashan guerrilla uniforms had a circle of gold thread on their cuffs, but their clothes had nothing on the cuffs. It was obvious that they were only copying the uniforms of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Wang Zhankui felt that the head and figure of the leader called Captain Li were very familiar, so he said: "You raise your head."

The person in the lead didn't raise his head directly, but knelt down on the ground with a plop.He raised his head, then lowered it in shame.

Wang Zhankui knew this man, he was an old brother from the cavalry battalion.At that time, most of the brothers in the cavalry battalion followed Wang Zhankui to Gao Jiu, and a small number of people left the cavalry battalion for various reasons, and this person was one of them.

His name was Li Yongjiu, he was in his early 30s, and he was originally a platoon leader of the cavalry battalion.

Wang Zhankui was very angry and scolded: "Li Yongjiu, you bastard! Back then, you didn't follow Laozi to go to Jiuye, you wanted to find your own way out, and Laozi didn't stop you. But now you dare to pretend to be a guerrilla in Taohuashan, If you still come out in the name of Laozi to bluff and deceive, to tarnish the reputation of Taohuashan guerrillas and Laozi, then don’t blame Laozi for not talking about the relationship between brothers in the past, Laozi will definitely kill you with his own hands.”

The more Wang Zhankui talked, the angrier he became, and he actually pulled out the Browning pistol from his waist, and it clicked into flames.

Li Yongjiu understood Wang Zhankui's temper, and knew that he looked down on cowards and softies, and if he begged humbly, it would be useless at all.

So he didn't beg for mercy, but just said: "Brother, I'm really sorry. Damn brother! Just shoot me dead."

Sure enough, Wang Zhankui still thought about the old relationship back then, and when he heard him call him big brother, his heart softened a little, and he said, "Stand up for me, and tell me what's going on?"

Li Yongjiu stood up and talked about his experience.

It turned out that Li Yongjiu didn't follow Wang Zhankui to Gao Jiu because he saw that the Japanese were too powerful at the time, and he was worried that he would not be able to beat the Japanese, so he lost his life in vain.

So he returned to his hometown and wanted to continue to be a puppet soldier. Because he was a veteran with combat experience, the local security forces took him in.

Later, when Wang Zhankui's name gradually spread, Li Yongjiu was suspected by the Japanese and planned to arrest him. Fortunately, one of his fellow countrymen tipped him off and he escaped.

At that time, he was in a very embarrassing situation. It can be said that he had nowhere to go. He wanted to follow the Japanese puppet side. They didn't want him, but wanted to arrest and kill him.He wanted to join Wang Zhankui, but he couldn't bear this face.

Later he ran to Chengde and worked as a nursing home for a wealthy family.Later, the rich man's family offended the Japanese and was sent to prison. He had nowhere to go again, so he returned to his hometown.

Three childhood friends encouraged him to go out to be a bandit. A few of them committed a crime in their hometown, but they were discovered. The local Japanese and puppets wanted them, and they dared not stay in the enemy-occupied area. , I heard that Nanyang is relatively peaceful, so I ran here.The few of them have no special skills, so they can only do their old job as bandits.

But the security situation in Nanyang is very good, so they dare not commit crimes rashly.

Later, they saw that the Taohuashan guerrillas had a very good impression among the people in Nanyang area. After thinking about it, they thought it would be easier for people pretending to be Taohuashan guerrillas to cheat food and drink to live.

So they asked a tailor to make some imitation Taohuashan guerrilla costumes, pretending to be Taohuashan guerrillas to go out for activities. Sure enough, the people were very enthusiastic about them, and even invited them to eat and drink. The last time they went to Gaoping Town, the town The chief personally invited them to drink.

The old man's son was indeed kidnapped by these people.That day was also a coincidence.

They always go out to cheat food and drink, and feel quite comfortable, but they have no money in hand, so they think of kidnapping again.

The local people treated them well, and they were unwilling to commit crimes in the local area. It happened that the old man's son passed through An County with traffickers, so they took the old man's son up the mountain with people and goods.They thought that the businessman's family should have money, so they demanded a ransom from his family.

Wang Zhankui asked, "Where is the person you kidnapped?"

Li Yongjiu said: "There is a cellar under the firewood, and people are locked there."

Several team members ran over immediately, and sure enough, a 27-year-old young man was soon brought out. His age, dress and appearance were basically the same as the old man's description.

After understanding, this person really is the son of the old man.Li Yongjiu and the others took the ransom, but the reason they didn't let him go back was because they kept him cooking for them and doing some chores, and they didn't abuse him much.Just now because he saw that he was surrounded, he was temporarily hidden.

(End of this chapter)